{
  "bibcode": "2017GCN.21530....1A",
  "body": "S. Allam (Fermilab), J. Annis (Fermilab), E. Berger (Harvard), D. J. Brout \n(UPenn), D. Brown (Syracuse), R. E. Butler (Fermilab), H.-Y. Chen (Harvard), R. \nChornock (Ohio University), E. Cook (TAMU), P. Cowperthwaite (Harvard), H. T. \nDiehl (Fermilab), A. Drlica-Wagner (Fermilab), M. R. Drout (Carnegie), R. J. \nFoley (UCSC), W. Fong (Northwestern), D. Fox (Penn State), J. Frieman\n(Fermilab/UChicago), R. Gruendl (NCSA), K. Herner (Fermilab), D. Holz\n(UChicago), R. Kessler (UChicago), R. Margutti (Northwestern), J. Marshall \n(TAMU), E. Neilsen (Fermilab), M. Nicholl (Harvard), F. Paz-Chincon (NCSA), A. \nRest (STScI), M. Sako (UPenn), D. Scolnic (U Chicago), N. Smith (Arizona), M. \nSoares-Santos (BrandeisU), D. Tucker (Fermilab), V. A. Villar (Harvard), P. K. \nG. Williams (Harvard), B. Yanny (Fermilab)\n\nOn behalf of the larger DESGW+community team:\n\nWe have imaged the BAYESTAR localization map of LIGO/Virgo G298048 (GCN 21513) \nusing DECam on the CTIO 4m in both i and z band.  Visual inspection of \nunprocessed DECam images reveals a new source not present in Pan-STARRS 3Pi \nimages north and east of NGC 4993 (d~40 Mpc, from NED), consistent with the \nsource found by Coulter et al. (LVC GCN 21529).  Analysis and further \nobservations are ongoing.",
  "circularId": 21530,
  "createdOn": 1503018901000,
  "email": "chornock@ohio.edu",
  "subject": "LIGO/Virgo G298048: DECam optical candidate",
  "submitter": "Ryan Chornock at Ohio U  <chornock@ohio.edu>",
  "eventId": "LIGO/Virgo G298048"
}